Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?
It occurs to me, the clonezilla "alternate" cd is built from ubuntu, and works just fine on raid controllers, but the ones I interacted with were recognized by the kernel and did not require additional drivers. You may want to check and see if the alternate will see your hardware. And im fairly certain if you compiled drivers and manually loaded them it would work, even go so far as to add them to the build so it would then suit your needs. -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?
How about just a basic PXE server: http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu_pxe_install_server On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Ben Browning wrote: > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Lisa Kachold > wrote: > > Check out this list: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software > > Hey Lisa, > > That's all config management and software deployment- I need something > that PXE boots and installs baseline OS images. > > Thanks though! > > ~Ben > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- (602) 791-8002 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** HomeSmartInternational.com --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Ben Browning wrote: > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: >> Check out this list: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software > > Hey Lisa, > > That's all config management and software deployment- I need something > that PXE boots and installs baseline OS images. > > Thanks though! > > ~Ben try cobbler.github.com look in the archives for a freebsd deployment patch - I think --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:23 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > Check out this list: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software Hey Lisa, That's all config management and software deployment- I need something that PXE boots and installs baseline OS images. Thanks though! ~Ben --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?
Check out this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > Hi Ben, > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Ben Browning wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Ted Gould wrote: >> > I haven't used it, but I think that Orchestra does something like this. >> > Not sure about the FreeBSD support, but I think it just works off of >> > disk images, so it wouldn't care. >> >> Just took a look at it, and it is looking a lot like Satellite or >> Spacewalk fro RHEL/Cent. EG it automaes Ubuntu installs, and probably >> Debian ones. I wish it would do what I need, but it can't. >> >> Thanks though, that was an interesting read! >> >> ~Ben >> --- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > You could always create a group of standard installations, hardened, with > all the various things you need configured, then boot to ramdisk (or > Knoppix) and dd the install ISO to a NAS, or USB drive, so that your > install basically consists of booting to Knoppix (or another ram disk) and > dd'ing the ISO back on. This presupposes that all your hardware is > basically the same or similar for each type of install. The nice thing > about this is you can rebuild quickly back to your base. > > You can also write various scripts for each type of build to lay on > packages, configure mac address, ip address and gateway by pulling from a > flat file list or network database? > > You can also use OSC Inventory, or chef or puppet to manage packages, > setup hosts files, etc. > > -- > (602) 791-8002 Android > (623) 239-3392 Skype > (623) 688-3392 Google Voice > ** > HomeSmartInternational.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- (602) 791-8002 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** HomeSmartInternational.com --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?
Hi Ben, On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Ben Browning wrote: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Ted Gould wrote: > > I haven't used it, but I think that Orchestra does something like this. > > Not sure about the FreeBSD support, but I think it just works off of > > disk images, so it wouldn't care. > > Just took a look at it, and it is looking a lot like Satellite or > Spacewalk fro RHEL/Cent. EG it automaes Ubuntu installs, and probably > Debian ones. I wish it would do what I need, but it can't. > > Thanks though, that was an interesting read! > > ~Ben > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > You could always create a group of standard installations, hardened, with all the various things you need configured, then boot to ramdisk (or Knoppix) and dd the install ISO to a NAS, or USB drive, so that your install basically consists of booting to Knoppix (or another ram disk) and dd'ing the ISO back on. This presupposes that all your hardware is basically the same or similar for each type of install. The nice thing about this is you can rebuild quickly back to your base. You can also write various scripts for each type of build to lay on packages, configure mac address, ip address and gateway by pulling from a flat file list or network database? You can also use OSC Inventory, or chef or puppet to manage packages, setup hosts files, etc. -- (602) 791-8002 Android (623) 239-3392 Skype (623) 688-3392 Google Voice ** HomeSmartInternational.com --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Ted Gould wrote: > I haven't used it, but I think that Orchestra does something like this. > Not sure about the FreeBSD support, but I think it just works off of > disk images, so it wouldn't care. Just took a look at it, and it is looking a lot like Satellite or Spacewalk fro RHEL/Cent. EG it automaes Ubuntu installs, and probably Debian ones. I wish it would do what I need, but it can't. Thanks though, that was an interesting read! ~Ben --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?
I haven't used it, but I think that Orchestra does something like this. Not sure about the FreeBSD support, but I think it just works off of disk images, so it wouldn't care. http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2011/10/getting-started-with-ubuntu-orchestra-servers-in-concert/ --Ted On Thu, 2012-01-05 at 20:23 -0700, Ben Browning wrote: > On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Stephen wrote: > > check out clonezilla that combined with drbl can do what you are thinking > > about. > > > > clonezilla.org > > Nope. I forgot to mention I looked at that one too. It doesn't do > software raid stuff, which I need it to. It also doesn't seem to be > very polished- I need something slick that works well with minimal > mucking about. The goal here is putting MACs in a DB and having the > imaging server install whatever OS is slated for it, configure it with > net/hostname/etc stuff, and then bring it up for testing and > deployment. > > Thanks though! > > ~Ben > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Stephen wrote: > check out clonezilla that combined with drbl can do what you are thinking > about. > > clonezilla.org Nope. I forgot to mention I looked at that one too. It doesn't do software raid stuff, which I need it to. It also doesn't seem to be very polished- I need something slick that works well with minimal mucking about. The goal here is putting MACs in a DB and having the imaging server install whatever OS is slated for it, configure it with net/hostname/etc stuff, and then bring it up for testing and deployment. Thanks though! ~Ben --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: OSS distributed system imaging solutions?
check out clonezilla that combined with drbl can do what you are thinking about. clonezilla.org On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Ben Browning wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm poking around looking for a solid system imaging solution for > automated deployment/installation of new servers in a wide variety of > datacenters across links of varying speeds and costs. I'm looking for > something I can use on Linuxes, FreeBSD, and Windows, as well as > something for physical and virtual machines. I'd like if it could > split off XPE/DHCP functions, image-serving functions, and > administrative interface among different servers. Especially if I can > cache the images on HTTP proxies. Also, a decent API is kind of > important too :) I used to use Systemimager > (http://www.systemimager.org/), but it seems to have stagnated a bit > and doesn't support Windows and Freesd (though I imagine it could be > hacked to do so, for freebsd anyway) as well as having many other > failings with my (admittedly broad) requirements. > > The closest thing I have found so far is Fog > (http://www.fogproject.org/) . It looks moderately robust, but I > thought I'd ask around and see if anyone else has found other > solutions. I've also looked a bit at LinMin (http://www.linmin.com/), > but licensing costs $unknown_amount and FreeBSD support is "under > consideration". FastDeploy (http://www.fastdeploy.com) doesn't seem to > support FreeBSD, and has a single dev. > > Anyone have other options for me to poke at? > > ~Ben > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
